First vacation! Day 1.

We just returned from our first family vacation. It was an awesome time from start to finish.

Monday morning, we woke up very early and flew to Orlando. It was my first flight as well as Spencer’s – I thought I’d be the one comforting him on the plane, but it was 100% the other way around. 🤣 I’m embarrassed now of how much I panicked but flying has always been one of my biggest fears… trapped in an enclosed space, high up in the air… nope. I have to say I was impressed with the level of empathy and compassion that my toddler displayed though… he held me while I cried and kept saying “it’s going to be ok mommy.” 😭

We landed in Orlando around lunchtime and took a shuttle to our hotel – one of the Disney All-Star resorts. The whole way there, Spencer was staring out the window and yelling about things that excited him… like DIRT MOMMY! and A LAWNMOWER!! I was reminiscing on the shuttle ride about how much I always loved Disney World as a kid and how I felt so blessed to be able to share the experience now with my own child and my husband.

Spencer and Jordan were both immediately thrilled that our hotel was sports-themed and we walked all over the property admiring the giant sports sculptures.

We changed clothes and got settled in our room then got on a bus to Disney Springs… Spencer was fighting a nap up to that point but immediately fell asleep on the bus. Fortunately we were able to transfer him to the stroller when we got there and he napped for another hour or so while we walked around.

We ate dinner at Rainforest Cafe… Spenny was beside himself excited about everything and our food was delicious. After dinner we went in some shops with Spencer until it started to get dark and we got too cold.